If you’re a Fire fan, you remember it well. It was the day after an anticlimactic, weather-shortened 1-1 home draw with Houston. Questions about what would have happened had the game gone the full 90 minutes were a popular topic into the early afternoon.

“I think we still played well as a team. We continue to get better now and that’s the thing that for me will relieve some of the anxiety and stress that we had on ourselves.”

Rolfe, who hails from Kettering, Ohio, will hope to add to his 2013 account and potentially tally his 50th competitive goal against all-competitions when the Fire welcome his ‘hometown’ Columbus Crew to Toyota Park.

“We’re looking forward to getting back out there this weekend and build on the last two games we’ve had.

“What better team to do it against than Columbus? It’s a team that I enjoy playing against. I know my friends and family pay a little more attention to this game when it comes around.

It always creates a little more environment for me and hopefully we can take advantage of the home field and get three points.”